Rain Cancels Final Practice

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Staff ReportApril 12, 2019 at 1:00 PM

Rain showers hit the Richmond area on Friday afternoon, hitting the pause button on NASCAR’s on-track activity at Richmond Raceway and forcing the sanctioning body to cancel final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice.

Cup Series teams were scheduled to practice on the 0.75-mile short track from 1:05-1:55 p.m. ET. Rain started falling around 12:15 and NASCAR officials put everything on hold and announced it would be scrapping practice shortly before 1 p.m.

Cup qualifying is still scheduled for 5:45 p.m. (FS1) and the Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 at 7 p.m. (FS1).

Scattered thunderstorms and rain are in the forecast for the rest of the evening.

Race officials have a full fleet of track-drying equipment on hand. Stationed at Richmond are eight Air Titan dryers, four conventional jet dryers, one track blower, one Elgin sweeper and one track vacuum.